LEDZOKUKU-KROWOR CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF BASIC SCHOOLS INAUGURATED (PAGE 11, JULY 7, 2010)

The Ledzokuku-Krowor Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) has been inaugurated to strengthen relations between headteachers of basic schools in the municipality and to raise standards of teaching at the first cycle level.
The President of the conference, Pastor Charles Akafia, explained that COHBS, which had been under the Accra Metro branch, had to be reorganised as a result of the creation of the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly.
Pastor Akafia recounted that with 23,914 pupils, the municipality had 54 headteachers and 679 teachers, 44 junior high schools, 42 primary schools and 19 kindergartens.
He appealed to the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly to provide enough school desks to the Education Directorate to enhance teaching and learning.
Pastor Akafia said the municipality, with the support of COHBS, achieved some academic laurels in the 2009/20 academic year by winning the President’s Award at the basic education level.
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Director of Education, Mrs Rosetta Addison Sackey, urged the headteachers to strengthen relations between schools and the community to erase all forms of suspicion.
Mrs Sackey explained that the education system in Ghana was examination oriented, and therefore quality education was measured by the number of pupils who passed the Basic Education Certificate Examination.
She cautioned COHBS to respect the views of others and not turn their staff meetings into shops or disciplinary camps where they become unapproachable and inaccessible to colleague teachers.